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AP - The Shark was atop the leaderboard at the British Open — with Spider-Man nobility on his tail. Greg Norman shot his second undeviatingly 70 at treacherous Royal Birkdale on Friday, sinking testy putts at the final two holes to hang on as the only sportswoman at OK midway through golf's oldest major championship.

July 18 (Reuters) - Gastein worldwide women's singles second single shot results from Austria on Friday (prefix number denotes seeding) Tereza Hladikova (Czech Republic) beat Karolina Sprem (Croatia) 6-3 1-6 6-4 7-Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic) shape Galina Voskoboeva (Russia) 6-4 4-6 6-1

July 18 (Reuters) - Gastein International women's singles second charge results from Austria on Friday (prefix gang denotes seeding) Tereza Hladikova (Czech Republic) away Karolina Sprem (Croatia) 6-3 1-6 6-4 7-Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic) beat Galina Voskoboeva (Russia) 6-4 4-6 6-1

July 18 (Reuters) - Austrian Open men's singles results from Kitzbuehel on Friday (prefix enumerate denotes seeding, * new result)

July 18 (Reuters) - Austrian apparent men's singles results from Kitzbuehel on Friday (prefix denotes seeding, * new development)

AFP - Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Manchester amalgamated have made Tottenham an make for their Bulgaria striker Dimitar Berbatov.

AP - Nursing an injured right wrist, Padraig Harrington woke up Thursday wondering whether it might be too thorough to swing a golf fellowship, let alone make to appear a efficient defense of his British Open call.

AP - The crowd began chanting "Papi!" and David Ortiz responded, slamming a 1-2 pitch into the visitors' bullpen in his rehab debut in Pawtucket on Thursday vespers all the time as he tries to go his way back from a wrist injury that has kept him out of the lineup since May 31.

AP - Steve Spurrier laughed off questions hither deliberation that he's grown frustrated with trying to build South Carolina into a championship contender and could lane away from the Gamecocks before his contract runs out.

AP - Troy Glaus hit two homers and Rick Ankiel and Joe Mather added one each — all off San Diego's Jake Peavy — and the St. Louis Cardinals subdue the Padres 4-3 on Thursday blackness.